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Scholarships Help Make Historic Semester in Rome, Travel Opportunities Possible

UD's Rome scholarships not only made it possible for spring 2013 Rome students like
Isabel Dubert, Anthony Kersting and Christina Nguyen to travel to places they would
not have been able to visit otherwise, but it put them in the right place at the right
time to witness the historic resignation of Pope-Emeritus Benedict XVI and election
of Pope Francis.

"These scholarships have given me the opportunity to be here in the Eternal City during
the election of Pope Francis. For example, I was able to attend Maundy Thursday Mass
in St Peter's Basilica, an experience which I would otherwise have missed," said Dubert,
a recipient of the Rome Experience Scholarship and the National Alumni Board Scholarship.

Alumni have been the driving force for founding and maintaining four of the six different
scholarships - the Charles T. Uhl Scholarship, the National Alumni Board Rome Scholarship,
the Rome Experience Scholarship and the Dan and Margie Cruse Endowed Scholarship -
that exist to help students with expenses related to the Rome Program. Each year,
these scholarships and the Jake Addison Scholarship provide support to roughly 30
students who otherwise might not be able to participate in the Rome Semester.

In addition to UD-based scholarships, Spring 2013 Rome student Yasmin Fatemi received
a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, as part of a national program that
supports American students studying abroad.

Kersting, a Charles T. Uhl Scholarship recipient, took advantage of the opportunity
to practice speaking German.

"I was able to travel to German-speaking countries, which is important to me because
I'm working towards a German concentration. Vienna was a winter dream and seeing the
Alps in Salzburg was breathtaking," he said.

Nguyen, who received a Charles T. Uhl Scholarship as well, was grateful for the friendships
she and her classmates have forged by sharing the semester's events, particularly
the papal election process.

"Rome is a life-changing experience; it's about growing as a person in religion, education
and life," said Nguyen.

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